[smartmontools-support] smartctl short test taking too long on Toshiba AL13SEB300

[Nathan Stratton Treadway]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 10:49:15 +0200, Gilson Urbano Ferreira Dias wrote:
> Two days have passed and the short test on Toshiba is still running
> (53% remaining). I don't think the difference from 6Gbps to 12Gbps
> makes that huge difference.

Correct -- the SMART self-tests are internal to the drive and do not
involve sending data across the SATA interface.

What does the "Short self-test routine recommended polling time:" field
in the output of "smartctl -c /dev/sdX" say for that drive?

(In any case, having a short self-test take days does sound like a bug
in the drive's firmware.... but I myself don't have any specific
information about or experience with that particular drive model.)

							Nathan


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